Redirect to a subdomain from page

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Looking for the most transparent way (for the visitor) to be redirected to a subdomain from a page on the www site. IIS is the server. Example:

www.mywebsite.com/cars ---> cars.mywebsite.com

Any suggestions?

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 22 '13 at 17:25

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Well, if you want the solution in javascript, then its pretty easy. Just find out the first JS file thats loaded and add this on the TOP

if(document.url == "www.mywebsite.com/cars")
window.location("cars.mywebsite.com");

Just mentioned since you've mentioned javascript and html in the tags...

answered Jan 22 '13 at 17:25

Riju Mahna

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There's an error in example. Use `window.location.assign("cars.mywebsite.com");` – afilipko May 18 '16 at 21:22

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 22 '13 at 21:45

Javascript might be a bit of a clunky solution.

I'd recommend you go with something on the server side that will be easier to maintain.

Create the 'cars' directory
Create an empty web.config in the 'cars' directory

Put the following contents into the web.config file

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
  <httpRedirect enabled="true" destination="http://cars.mywebsite.com" httpResponseStatus="Permanent" />
</system.webServer>
</configuration>

This probably won't work within visual studio's web server, but should be fine in IIS

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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In case you are looking for the redirect in IIS server, the answer may lie in this post:

How to redirect a URL path in IIS?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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answered Jan 22 '13 at 17:29

Riju Mahna

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 22 '13 at 17:29

imho htaccess would re-direct the user before any data is sent to the client.

Example: in teh root dir you want the user directed -from- place a file called .htaccess with the contents of:

#Redirect old file path to new file path
Redirect /olddirectory/oldfile.html http://cars.example.com/newdirectory/newfile.html

Source: http://kb.mediatemple.net/questions/242/How+do+I+redirect+my+site+using+a+.htaccess+file%3F

Hope that helps Kurt.

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 22 '13 at 17:33

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If you're looking for single solution - then @Riju's answer is a good one.

But for a more general solution, URL Rewriter for IIS is pretty powerful and will allow you to create rules things like this, and many more situations.

answered Jan 22 '13 at 17:33

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